Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-18
dices Of the people, should not be enacted
under the pressure of haste during the clos
ing hours of the session.

dices of the people, should not be enacted
under the pressure of haste during the clos
ing hours of the session.
JOSEPH r. BoDwELL.
The President: Shall this bill become
law notwithstanding the obj eciion of the Gov
ernor, and this question is to be taken on the
yeas and nays.
Mr.. Sleeper said:
Mr. President I do not wish to discuss
here the subject of the veto which has been
sent to US, hut feel that under the circun-
stances of the case [ cannot refrain from
making some statements.
The legislature is supposed to represent
the people here, and to put their will into
law. The bill was approved by the Senate
aud also BY the House by vote OF three to
one.
was submitted to the Governor. and it is
reported that it was signed by him, sent TO
the proper recording Off :ef, and entered on
on the blotter and also the record as ap'
proved by him; that the approval IN the
blotter has been erased and the leaf OF record
book containing it has been cut out.
The friends OF the bill believe that those
who could not succeed in their effort, 10
thwart the will of the people, Senate and
House. have laid siege to the Governor with
better success, and that the bill is vetoed for
political reasons alone as was minated to
friends of the bill.
Some statements made and reasons offered
in the message are opened to crltlcism, 10
say the least, but as do not feel il my du'y
TO argue the subject here l will only enter
nv protest against this attempt to defeat the
will of this legislature, and hope that the
Senate will insist upon the passage of the
bill.
Mr.. Gilbert supported the bill, maintain
ing that it was not hasty legislation and that
its discussion for number Of years had
made the subject familiar to the people
A yea and nay vote was then taken upon
the passage of the bill, resulting in the mega
tive, as follows:
YEA-Messrs. Flint. Gilbert Heath. Kendall. Nick
els Sleeper, Weymouth.-7.
NAY-Mcssrs. Allen. Daggett, Goodnow. Gushee.
Harmon. In Hnskley' Jones; L1oeyi Losa; sum
Simpson. Wallace. Young.-i9.
On motion of Mr.. Goodnow,
Ordered, That message be sent to the
House of Representatives informing that
body that the Senate has transacted all bust
ness before it and is now ready to adj
without day.
Mr.. Goodnow conveyed the message.
message was received from the House
of Representatives by Mr.. Fessenden. its
clerk, informing the Senate that the House
had transacted all the business before 1t and
was ready to adjourn without day.
On motion of Mr.. Lbbey,
Ordered, That a committee of three on
the part of the Senate, with such as the
House may join, be appointed to wait on the
Governor and inform him that both branches
of the legislature, having acted on all mat
tiers before them, are now ready to receive
any communication he may be pleased to
make, and the president appointed as the
committee on the part of the Senate Messrs.
Libbev, Nickels and Weymouth.
Mr.. Libbey, from the committee, subse-
quently reported that they had attended to
the duty assigned them, and that the Gov
ernor was pleased to say that he would COM
municate to the two branches forthwith,
through the secretary of state, list of the
acts enacted, on this day, and that he had no
further communication to make.
A communication was received transmit
ting the acts and resolves signed by the Gov
ernor, the acts numbering 436 and the re.
solves 1913.
Complimentary resolutions to the officers
were then adopted and farewell remarks
made by Senator Rich and President Marble,
Il full report of which will be published Sat-
urdav morning.
At li.20 p. M. the presidents gavel fell
and the Senate of the sixty-third legislature
was declared adjourned without day.